The Faith of Abraham and Sarah

Hebrews 11:15

In 9 translations

BSB: If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
KJV: And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
WEB: If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
ASV: And if indeed they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
LSV: and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
YLT: and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,
DBY: And if they had called to mind that from whence they went out, they had had opportunity to have returned;
DRC: And truly if they had been mindful of that from whence they came out, they had doubtless time to return.
GNV: And if they had bene mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐμνημόνευον (“they were remembering”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles read μνημονεύουσιν (“they do remember”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐξέβησαν (“they came out”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐξῆλθον (“they went out”).

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: μνημονεύουσιν. Tregelles read μνημονεύουσιν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐμνημόνευον.
SBLGNT: ἐξέβησαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐξέβησαν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐξῆλθον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκείνης μνημονεύουσιν ἀφʼ ἧς ἐξέβησαν, εἶχον ἂν καιρὸν ἀνακάμψαι·
RP2018: Καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκείνης ἐμνημόνευον ἀφ’ ἧς ἐξῆλθον, εἶχον ἂν καιρὸν ἀνακάμψαι.
TR-Boyd: Καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκείνης ἐμνημόνευον ἀφ᾿ ἧς ἐξῆλθον, εἶχον ἂν καιρὸν ἀνακάμψαι.
SCR1894: και ει μεν εκεινης εμνημονευον αφ ης εξηλθον ειχον αν καιρον ανακαμψαι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Immortality Finisher Torch Pilgrims and Strangers Self-Denial Faithful; Faithfulness Providence Backsliders Obedience Zeal, Religious

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Genesis 24:6–8Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there. The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your…
Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they…
Genesis 32:9–11Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’ I am unworthy of all the kindness and…
Genesis 31:18and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

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